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A little palate cleanser before the final course of season six begins in earnest.CW: Public transportation sounds, monster noises.Written by Cam CollinsProduced and edited by Cam Collins and Steve ShellNarrated and performed by Steve ShellSound design by Steve ShellIntro music: “The Land Unknown (The Where the Light Don't Reach Verses)” written and performed by Landon BloodOutro music:”Wherever You Go” by Lunar Grove (download) (instagram)Special equipment consideration provided by Lauten Audio.LEARN MORE ABOUT OLD GODS OF APPALACHIA: www.oldgodsofappalachia.comCOMPLETE YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA RITUAL: Facebook Instagram BlueskySUPPORT THE SHOW: Join us over at THE HOLLER to enjoy ad-free episodes, access exclusive storylines and more.Buy t-shirts, hoodies, mugs, and other Old Gods merch. CLASSIC MERCH: merch.oldgodsofappalachia.comTOUR MERCH & SPECIALTY ITEMS: oldgodsmerch.com.Transcripts available on our website at www.oldgodsofappalachia.com/episodes.© 2026 DeepNerd Media. All rights reserved. No part of this audio production or its written transcript may be used or reproduced in any manner for the purpose of training artificial intelligence technologies or systems.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/old-gods-of-appalachia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Excurses III: The Covenants (Genesis 15:17-18a) Evin Langley Download

Excursus II: Melchizedek (Genesis 14:17-24) Evin Langley Download

We live in a cultural moment where people are longing for wisdom, yet increasingly uncertain where to find it. James' letter speaks to this longing—not with vague spiritual sentiment, but with direct, practical wisdom for forming resilient lives of faith grounded in Jesus, the embodiment of God's wisdom.

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A little palate cleanser before the second course of season two begins in earnest.CW: Monster sounds; holiday party sounds; mention of a dead parent.Written by Cam CollinsProduced and edited by Cam Collins and Steve ShellNarrated and performed by Steve ShellSound design by Steve ShellIntro music: “The Land Unknown (The Where the Light Don't Reach Verses)” written and performed by Landon BloodOutro music: “Panthers on the Mountainside (Live)” written and performed by Jon Charles Dwyer ft. the Jon Charles Choir (download here)The new Those Poor Bastards record, "Black Tongue" (download here)Special equipment consideration provided by Lauten Audio.LEARN MORE ABOUT OLD GODS OF APPALACHIA: www.oldgodsofappalachia.comCOMPLETE YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA RITUAL:FacebookInstagramBlueskySUPPORT THE SHOW:Join us over at THE HOLLER to enjoy ad-free episodes, access exclusive storylines and more.Buy t-shirts, hoodies, mugs, and other Old Gods merch.CLASSIC MERCH: merch.oldgodsofappalachia.comTOUR MERCH & SPECIALTY ITEMS: oldgodsmerch.com.Transcripts available on our website at www.oldgodsofappalachia.com/episodes.© 2026 DeepNerd Media. All rights reserved. No part of this audio production or its written transcript may be used or reproduced in any manner for the purpose of training artificial intelligence technologies or systems.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/old-gods-of-appalachia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An amuse bouche before our first course of the season.CW: References to death by illness, historical hospital settings.Written by Cam CollinsProduced and edited by Cam Collins and Steve ShellNarrated and performed by Steve ShellSound design by Steve ShellIntro music: “The Land Unknown (The Where the Light Don't Reach Verses)” written and performed by Landon BloodOutro music: “Sick and Alone” by Those Poor BastardsSpecial equipment consideration provided by Lauten Audio.LEARN MORE ABOUT OLD GODS OF APPALACHIA: www.oldgodsofappalachia.comCOMPLETE YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA RITUAL:FacebookInstagramBlueskySUPPORT THE SHOW:Join us over at THE HOLLER to enjoy ad-free episodes, access exclusive storylines and more.Buy t-shirts, hoodies, mugs, and other Old Gods merch.CLASSIC MERCH: merch.oldgodsofappalachia.comTOUR MERCH & SPECIALTY ITEMS: oldgodsmerch.com.Transcripts available on our website at www.oldgodsofappalachia.com/episodes.© 2026 DeepNerd Media. All rights reserved. No part of this audio production or its written transcript may be used or reproduced in any manner for the purpose of training artificial intelligence technologies or systems.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/old-gods-of-appalachia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When METR says something like "Claude Opus 4.5 has a 50% time horizon of 4 hours and 50 minutes", what does that mean? In this episode David Rein, METR researcher and co-author of the paper "Measuring AI ability to complete long tasks", talks about METR's work on measuring time horizons, the methodology behind those numbers, and what work remains to be done in this domain. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/axrpodcast Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/axrpodcast Transcript: https://axrp.net/episode/2026/01/03/episode-47-david-rein-metr-time-horizons.html   Topics we discuss, and timestamps: 0:00:32 Measuring AI Ability to Complete Long Tasks 0:10:54 The meaning of "task length" 0:19:27 Examples of intermediate and hard tasks 0:25:12 Why the software engineering focus 0:32:17 Why task length as difficulty measure 0:46:32 Is AI progress going superexponential? 0:50:58 Is AI progress due to increased cost to run models? 0:54:45 Why METR measures model capabilities 1:04:10 How time horizons relate to recursive self-improvement 1:12:58 Cost of estimating time horizons 1:16:23 Task realism vs mimicking important task features 1:19:50 Excursus on "Inventing Temperature" 1:25:46 Return to task realism discussion 1:33:53 Open questions on time horizons   Links for METR: Main website: https://metr.org/ X/Twitter account: https://x.com/METR_Evals/   Research we discuss: Measuring AI Ability to Complete Long Tasks: https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.14499 RE-Bench: Evaluating frontier AI R&D capabilities of language model agents against human experts: https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.15114 HCAST: Human-Calibrated Autonomy Software Tasks: https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.17354 Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity: https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.09089 Anthropic Economic Index: Tracking AI's role in the US and global economy: https://www.anthropic.com/research/anthropic-economic-index-september-2025-report Bridging RL Theory and Practice with the Effective Horizon (i.e. the Cassidy Laidlaw paper): https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.09853 How Does Time Horizon Vary Across Domains?: https://metr.org/blog/2025-07-14-how-does-time-horizon-vary-across-domains/ Inventing Temperature: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/inventing-temperature-9780195337389 Is there a Half-Life for the Success Rates of AI Agents? (by Toby Ord): https://www.tobyord.com/writing/half-life Lawrence Chan's response to the above: https://nitter.net/justanotherlaw/status/1920254586771710009 AI Task Length Horizons in Offensive Cybersecurity: https://sean-peters-au.github.io/2025/07/02/ai-task-length-horizons-in-offensive-cybersecurity.html   Episode art by Hamish Doodles: hamishdoodles.com

November 23, 2025

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Happy three years of the AfterWord! Another special guest joins us to share their journey of understanding spiritual gifts. Together, we explore how they can be used, the tensions that may arise, and how, in the end, these gifts draw our eyes to God.

Before moving onto the next chapter of 1 Corinthians, we pause to do a deep dive into each of the gifts mentioned by Paul. What are they, and how can they be used at The Town Church? 

What Jesus might have told the Emmaus travelers.

This is a study of the New Testament character of Mark based on the research of Dr. Thomas C. Oden.

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Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 34): Progressive Creationism – Integrating the Scientific Evidence with the Genesis Narrative

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 33)

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 32)

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 31): Examining the Thesis of Common Ancestry

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 30): Three Aspects of the Evolutionary Paradigm

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 29): Methodological Naturalism

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 28): Is Genesis 1 in Conflict With the Theory of Evolution?

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 27): Scientific Evidence Pertinent to the Origin and Evolution of Biological Complexity

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 26): Paul's Use of Adam in Romans 5

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 25): Paul's Use of Adam in 1 Corinthians 15

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 24): New Testament Authors' Use of the Literary Adam

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 23): Adam in the New Testament

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 22): The Central Truths Expressed in Genesis 1-11

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 21): Why Read Genesis 1-3 Figuratively?

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 20): Why Think Genesis 1-11 is Mytho-History?

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 19): The Plasticity and Flexibility of ANE Myths

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 18): Is the Biblical Primeval History To Be Understood as Literally True?

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 17): The Genre of Mytho-History

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 16): Genealogies in Genesis 1-11 (continued)

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 15): Genealogies in Genesis 1-11

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 14): Etiological Motifs in Genesis 2

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 13): Did Genesis Borrow From Babylonian Myths?

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 12): Examining the Supposed Parallels Between Genesis and Egyptian Myths

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 11): An Assessment of the Monotheistic Hebrew Myth Interpretation

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 10):The Monotheistic Hebrew Myth Interpretation

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 9): A Critique of John Walton's Functional Creation Interpretation, Part 2

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 8): A Critique of John Walton's Functional Creation Interpretation

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 7): The Literary Framework and the Functional Creation Interpretations

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 6): The Days of Divine Proclamation Interpretation

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 5): The Day-Age Interpretation